RUSSIA & UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List table of contents :: JRL 2016-116 :: Thursday, 23 June 2016

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Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2016-#116
Thursday, 23 June 2016

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1. The National Interest: Michael Mazarr, Russia and America: The World Is Big Enough for Both of Us. There’s room for Moscow in the global order.
2. Rethinking Russia: Danielle Ryan, Russia’s Appearance on Global ‘Soft Power’ Ranking Shouldn’t Come as a Total Shock.
3. The Spectator (UK): Owen Matthews, Stupid attacks on Russia only help Vladimir Putin. Lazy and conspiracy-minded writing in the western media helps him maintain a siege mentality.
4. www.opendemocracy.net: Tom Junes, The trap of “countering Russia.” Across eastern Europe, US engagement against Russia is having an adverse effect on grassroots protesters – and no easy solution is forthcoming.
5. Carnegie Moscow Center: Mikhail Komin and Andrey Shcherbak, Made in Maidan: How Revolution Has Become About Mobility, Not Democracy.
6. Moskovsky Komsomolets: Alexei Makarkin, Return to peace: Why for Russia the time has come for decisions – both on Ukraine and in the general context of relations with the West.
7. Russia Direct: Dmitry Dokuchaev,The curious case of the Russian labor market. The Russian labor market has adapted to the economic crisis remarkably well, as fears of mass unemployment have been proven wrong. However, many temporary solutions to keep workers employed now show signs of weakening.
8. Intellinews.com: Ben Aris, Russia’s labour pool to shrink while workers will get older.
9. Intellinews.com: Mark Adomanis, Raising Russia’s pension age won’t be enough.
10. US-Russia Business Council: Ministry of Economic Development Increasingly Optimistic About Growth Prospects.
11. Vedomosti: Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, What should we do? Finance Ministry’s answer.
12. Russia Beyond the Headlines: ‘The market is alive: It grows slowly, but continues to work.’ In an interview with RBTH, Igor Agamirzyan, the CEO and chairman of the board of the Russian Venture Company (RVC), an institution created specifically to develop the country’s venture capital, spoke about the role that Russia can play in the technological developments of the future.
13. http://theduran.com: Alexander Mercouris, Impressions of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: Intense Diplomacy amidst Russian Self-Confidence. SPIEF forum shows Russian leadership in a confident mood as it charts paths forward in diplomacy and for the national economy.
14. Russia Direct: Marina Obrazkova, The Russian doping scandal: Who is to blame? Forcing a nation’s athletes to take collective responsibility for the illegal doping activities of some individuals is not the fairest of solutions, say Russian athletes.
15. Counterpunch.org: Eric Draitser, Blame It on Rio: Politics, Propaganda, and the Weaponization of the Olympics.
16. www.rt.com: ‘Our views are either similar or coincide’: Putin on comprehensive strategic China-Russia alliance.
17. Kremlin.ru: Interview to the Xinhua News Agency of China.
18. Russia Beyond the Headlines: How would Russia have voted in Brexit referendum? As Britain prepares to decide whether to leave the EU, experts weigh in on what Russia has to gain and lose from Brexit.
19. Russia Direct: Yury Barmin, US policy in Syria unraveling, much to the Kremlin’s delight. Russia’s assertive stance in Syria might be paying off, as witnessed by a controversial memo signed by more than 50 U.S. State Department officials. The memo hints at discord and dissension over U.S. foreign policy in Syria.
20. Sputnik: Former US Officials Urge NATO to Maintain Permanent Presence in E. Europe.
21. The National Interest: Paul Pillar, Why Bibi and Vlad Get Along.
22. Facebook: Ivan Katchanovski, Ukrainian Views of Russia.
23. TASS: Putin urges joint efforts of like-minded persons abroad for objective history reflection.
24. The New York Review of Books: Jerry Brown, A Stark Nuclear Warning. (re My Journey at the Nuclear Brink by William J. Perry)

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